Clothes drier device



June 17, 1952 BAHLs 2,600,725

CLOTHES DRIER DEVICE Filed Jan. 6, 1949 INVENTOR.

roou BY Patented June 17, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE :CLO IHES DRIER DEVICE Otto Bahls, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application January 6, 1949, -Serial No.-69,453

1 Claim. (Cl. 211.1 19.07)

"This invention relates toaolothes drierdevice. The ;'inv ntion has gior its object to rovide a simple d ce m y be easil a i d to a window frame, or removed ,thereirom, -C,0

of ;a few-simple pa1'ts,-andis inexpensive to make.

.1 the proposals hereto-fore ,made, the devices were rather-complex, weredifficult to make, were c mbersome, and mos of them were rather .expensive. Many had inherent .defects, which rendered their continued use troublesome.

This invention :is .based fundamentally on he sp ing action o a pulley suppo ng member,

merely pressing the arms of the member towards each other against the spring action of the member. Simple line holders and brackets complete th commercial assemblage.

The invention will be further described here- -inaiter, an embodiment shown in the drawings, and the invention will be finally pcinted out in the laim,

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a side view of the improved-device app d o a Window frame, with the "holder inside of aroom for the application of the articles Fig, 2 is a View partly in'section taken from line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on line 3-3 of Fi 1;

Fi 4 is a vertical section taken on line 44 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a side view of the improved device showing it outside of the window.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the various views.

Referring to the drawings. and particularly to F 1, the i p oved device is of the utmost simplicity. A pair of supports or brackets ID are attached by screws or the like, II, to the frame I2 of a window. These brackets ID are vertically aligned. Each consists of a vertical member l3 with holes M for attaching screws l5, and of a horizontal member [6 at rig angles t ereto- At least one of these has two parallel projections I! and I8, and an opening IS. The horizontal member 16 along the opening I9 is slightly bevelled as at 20. Each vertical projection l1 and I8 is slightly bevelled at its inner wall as at 2|, and also is rounded or bevelled at its ends, as at 22. The upper of these brackets may or may -be like the lower one. The advantage of making the brackets identical is that it sillilplif es the sale of the equipment.

' Simi arly ide i l loops 1 0 on ew 1, ar pro ided to be attac ed to e window fram vertical ali nm n each for e p s a e o the ropeor wash line 3|. A pair of these loops are arran ed between the pair o; 'bracketstas ,shown, in vertical alignment therewith. The lo ps 3.9 a o o med by bending a motel 11 9 hel ke into a l op o m i h an o e ntry ex t space :3

tln th s en ironm nt the m roved pl lley holder 49 is place h s ons of a s n l met l rod be t in a h i al s in po i n 4!, o ei e sil enoy t the arm 43 and 4. eaoh of whiohhas an end 45, en tWQ YQlYrin on case formin a up y d r ct d member and i the o her cas f rm ng a downward y ted member .41. Each of hese m mbers- 46 andfl has a diam ter sli h y less t an t diameter of the opening is in each bracket member. -:Bef.ore the holder 14!! is applied t th brackets, .it is necessary to move the arms -43 and 44 towards each other, and then after registering the bent ends 45 with the openings 19, permit l the resilient action of the spring portion 4| to press'the endsdfi to their original position, whereby a slight pressure is exerted by the arms against the brackets.

-When 'the'holder is in one position (Fig. "1), the arms 43 and 44 are seated between the two projections l1 and I8, and thereby securely held in that position. (In my U. S. Patent No. 2,478,450 of August 9, 1949, for improvements in a Clothes Line Holder, I show and describe a similar device.) When the holder is in its other position (Fig. 5), again the ends 45 are seated between the projections I1 and i8, and thereby securely held in that position. The flaring parts 2 I, and the rounded portions facilitate the movement of the holder from one position to Jhe other. When the arms 43 and 44 ride on the projections I! and [8, the arms move towards each other, without the ends 45 escaping from the opening [9, and this yielding action enables an easy riding of the arms on the projections. For safety sake, cotter pins 4'! are passed through suitable holes in the ends 45.

The line 3| passes over a pulley 48 having a hook 49 engaging the spring loop M of the holder. In Fig. l, which corresponds to the position of the holder when the holder is inside of the room for the ready application of the article to be dried, the line 3| passes over the pulley, first being supported by the upper loop 30, and then the line again passes outside of the window being free while the clothes are being attached by clothes pins, or the like. When the clothes have been applied, the lower part of the line 3| is looped to the lower loop as shown in Fig. 5, and the holder is moved to its outside of the window position, the inherent spring pressure of the holder always exerting its pressure against the brackets. The arms 43 and 44 as shown in the drawings form an isosceles triangle with the vertical wall of the window frame as a base, having the spring portion at its apex, the line pull being along the median of said apex angle, whereby the arms resist substantially equally the line pull, when said member is in either position, Within or without said window frame.

The parts are extremely simple in construction and number, and may be made at a low expense, and may be readily applied to a window frame outside of the window. 7

From the foregoing it is seen that the invention consists of a clothes drier device, comprising a single metal rod bent to a central convolution and to proximate position to each other and having outwardly bent ends, and a pair of brackets adapted to be'secured to a. window frame in vertical alignment and spaced from each a distance less than the distance between the arms contiguous to said bent ends, said brackets having openings engageable by said bent ends, the engagement of the arms with the brackets subjecting the arms to tension and exerting a pressure on said brackets. One of said brackets has means to hold the arms in either window in or window out position, and increases said tension. Said arms move from one of said positions to the other, said tension being released in either posi tion, the tension being further increased before the arms can be removed from the brackets.

I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, for obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

I claim:

In a clothes drier device for application to window frames having a pair of vertically aligned brackets spaced apart along a vertical wall of said window frame with each bracket having an opening, and at least one of said brackets having a channel the longitudinal axis of which is aligned from the front to the rear of said Window frame, and having a clothes drying line with a pulley for the window end of said line, said pulley hav-- ing a hook, and a pair of line guides on said wall each adjacent one of said brackets, a pulley supporting member including the combination of a helical spring portion forming an eye adapted to be engaged by said pulley hook, with two arms substantially of equal length extending integrally from said spring portion in divergent directions at either side of said eye, and vertically disposed end portions on said arms adapted to fit into said openings of said brackets, the normal spacing of said ends being larger than the distance between the parts of said brackets facing each other re quiring said ends to be moved toward each other to permit the entrance of said ends into said openings of the brackets at the facing parts thereof by tensioning said spring portion, its expansion forcing the said ends into said bracket openings and pressing said arms against the facing parts of said brackets, and when said member is in its position within or without said window frame, one of said arms engages said channel of said bracket to hold the member in one of said positions, said arms when engaging said brackets forming a substantially isosceles triangl with said vertical wall, as a base, and said spring portion at its apex, said arms resisting substantially equally the line pull on said pulley along a, median of said apex angle, when said member is in either position within or without the said window frame.

OTTO BAHLS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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